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Twin Cities Links
Do Good Diaper Service
Do Good Diapers are run by great folks who, like us, want to make cloth diapering as easy as possible. Delivering professionally washed cotton diapers throughout the Twin Cities metro area.
Sweet Cheeks Baby Food
Local & Organic Baby Food at the St Paul Farmer's Market. How cool is that?
Music Together
A great way to explore music and rhythm with your kids from birth through kindergarten. These classes are a lot of fun and create a memorable foundation for a lifetime of dance and music.
The Twin Cities Chapter of the International Cesarean Awareness Network
An advocacy and support group that seeks to prevent unnecessary cesareans and raise awareness about healthy childbirth.
Musician Will Hale
If you're looking for a great family outing in Twin Cities, check out family musician Will Hale! He's been writing and performing his own blues, folk and rock-based kids music that's thoughtful and accessible without being too cute or condescending. We carry two of his CDs in the store--I Love Everything and Perfect World. Check out Will's website for his concert schedule, sample tunes, and to listen to his free online kids radio show.
Earth Song Fibers
A beautiful catalog based in the Twin Cities of natural crafts, wool, felt, and patterns for kids and adults. Where our small craft section in our store leaves off, they pick up. A great resource!
Twin Cities chapter of Attachment Parenting International
We are lucky enough to have a very active API group in the Twin Cities. Stop by their site to check them out or go to one of their monthly meetings.
The Minnesota Childbirth Collective, the local resource for doulas and natural childbirth education.
Spinning Babies is a site written by our friend and local doula educator Gail Tully, who shares her wisdom about birth and her unique approach to helping babies get themselves into the right position for birth.
Also, here's a list of links for all of the Waldorf schools in Minnesota.
Homeschooling in Minnesota:
- ECHO-MN: Early Childhood Homeshooling Opportunities of Minnesota
- The Minnesota Homeschoolers Alliance.
If you're looking for truly unique hand-painted children's furniture, check out Weasel Pop studio. Toree from Weasel Pop created the beautiful mural that decorates the front of our store.
National & International Organizations
Attachment Parenting International -- A wonderful resource and advocate.La Leche League--Breastfeeding support
The National Association of At-Home Mothers
INFACT Canada--Breastfeeding advocacy, continuing the Nestle' boycott
Natural Child Project--Attachment parenting resources. Check out their Attachment Parenting Family Directory to find like-minded families and organizations in your area.
Information & Online Communities for Parents
Mothering Magazine--one of our favorite national publications.Amity's World--one of the best parenting forums, where moms can interect with other mothers and even set up their own websites.
Compleat Mother--the Mothering 'zine from North Dakota with an edge.
StorkNet is a wonderful alternative to coprporate parenting sites, with a wealth of information and insight on pregnancy, childbirth, and parenting.
NursingMother.com--Stylish site with breastfeeding information, support, news, & stories.
Nurturing Magazine--Canadian online magazine for attachment parenting
Born To Love, a Canadian website with the world's best information on cloth diapering and links and reviews for just about every product out there.
Attachments--Breastfeeding related birth announcements, posters, cards, and gifts. Beautiful photography of children and their parents.
The Online Birth Center has exstensive info on Midwifery, Pregnancy, Birth and Breastfeeding.
ParentingWeb has even more great Attachment Parenting content.
WomanSource.com--a great collection of resources for women.
BirthPlan.com offers an interactive online birthplan generator. Not only can a birthplan help you communicate what you want and don't want to happen during your labor and delivery, but it can also help you think about your personal philosophy of birth and how you feel about medical interventions. Also visit Pregnancy Today, the sponsor of the birth plan site.
Online Education Resources
Growing Without Schooling, a magazine and publisher of Unschooling resources by John Holt and others.Home Education Magazine, another national resource for homeschoolers, featuring an online discussion board and networking tolls.
Waldorf World--for those interested in Waldorf education, here's the web's best directory.
Pages with lots of great Parenting Links
Two sites, Kinderstart.com and SitesForParents.com, offer searchable directories of parenting links in a yahoo-type format.
St. Louis Moms--Another great regional family site.
Please email me with more link suggestions!
